POLL: Majority of New York City want Amazon HQ in Queens

A majority of New York City voters (57 percent) want Amazon to locate a new headquarters in Queens, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University.

There is less of a consensus about the incentive package the city and state put together for the online retailer. Only 46 percent support the multi-billion dollar deal, while 44 percent of voters said they were opposed.

Enthusiasm for the facility is at 60 percent in Queens, where 55 percent of voters also back the incentives. The only borough where a majority is opposed to the deal being offered is Manhattan (52 percent), although they like the location.

More than three-quarters of voters in New York City (79 percent) say the city should be more involved in bringing Amazon’s operation to the area.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo gets low marks for his handling of the deal, with 38 percent disapproving and only 34 percent giving a thumbs up.

“While New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio are often at odds, they do share something in common. Both receive low grades for their handling of the Amazon deal. One asterisk: Roughly 30 percent of respondents say they don’t know the details enough to give them a grade,” Quinnipiac University Poll analyst Mary Snow said in a statement.

The poll surveyed 1,075 voters between Nov. 27 and Dec. 4, and has a margin of error of 3.8 percentage points.

UPDATE: In response to the poll, New York York City Council member Jim Van Bramer and Sen. Mike Gianaris issued the following statement:

“New Yorkers are making clear they agree that too much inequality exists in our communities and giving billions of taxpayer dollars to trillion dollar corporations makes things worse, not better. It is also clear that the more people learn about the deal, the less they like it.”